Mexican Rio Bravo. a river flowing from SW Colorado through central New Mexico and along the boundary between Texas and Mexico into the Gulf of Mexico. 1,800 miles (2,900 km) long.
a river flowing W from SE Brazil into the Paraná River. 650 miles (1,050 km) long.
Also called Rio Grande do Sul. São Pedro do Río Grande do Sul.
a city in NE Puerto Rico.
a river in central Nicaragua, flowing NE to the Caribbean Sea. About 200 miles (320 km) long.
Mexican name: Río Bravo. a river in North America, rising in SW Colorado and flowing southeast to the Gulf of Mexico, forming the border between the US and Mexico. Length: about 3030 km (1885 miles)
a port in SE Brazil, in SE Rio Grande do Sul state: serves as the port for Porto Alegre. Pop: 188 000 (2005 est)
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NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG project is still under construction, leaving the stock more dependent on investors’ expectations for future LNG demand, financing, and expansion.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
He lodged notable breakthroughs in parts of Florida, where he carried Miami-Dade County, and Texas, where he flipped the historically Democratic Rio Grande Valley.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026
The Espinoza brothers grew up in the South Texas city of McAllen, in the Rio Grande Valley, helping out at their family’s Mexican restaurants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
The funds will be used in part to develop a plant producing liquefied natural gas at Rio Grande in Texas, Pouyanne said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Lourdes is convinced he was killed in Mexico or drowned in the Rio Grande.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
For “Un Verano Sin Ti,” he decided to explore the eastern side, near Río Grande and Fajardo.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2022
In Río Grande, just east of San Juan, Milton Falero Santiago decided to keep his restaurant operating with his generator.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2022
It is here proposed that P. s. taylori is a relict of an earlier, lower Río Grande stock, part of which became isolated in the basin of Cuatro Ciénegas in postpluvial times.
From A New Supspecies of Slider Turtle (Pseudemys scripta) from Coahuila, Mexico by Legler, John M.
With a program such as this, it has been easy—and will be still more easy in the future—to regulate our conduct towards you, the citizens of the great nation beyond the Río Grande.
From Latin America and the United States Addresses by Elihu Root by Bacon, Robert
We were desirous of following this pathway because the Indians said this river had two arms, one of which went on to join the Río Grande, which we left on the 18th.
From Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 by Cook, Sherburne Friend
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